When Richard Nixon Was Elected to the U

Multiple Choice

When Richard Nixon was elected to the U.S.House of Representatives,he attributed his victory to his personal strengths.When defeated by John Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election,however,Nixon's explanations focused on external reasons like the pro-Kennedy bias of the media.This is an example of

A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) the self-serving bias.
C) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
D) the actor-observer difference.